5.4% of residents are 65 or over, below 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Saül has 89%. Households headed by a retired person make up about one in four here (25%). Higher than in 83% of compared French towns: 13% of households are single parents. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 277, in 44 households.
Throughout this page, the French Guiana median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Saül
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saül, 35% of its 77 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 200 immigrants in Saül (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 69% of residents, against – for the median compared commune in French Guiana. 69% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Growing fast
Saül had 151 residents at the 2012 census and 277 in 2023, up 83%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Saül’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 87% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns, at 35%
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 14% moved in during the last two years and 4.5% have stayed three decades or more. One household in two has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
From 2012 to 2023, Saül outgrew 99% of compared French towns: +83%
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median French Guiana town, the change came in two steps: +1% from 2012 to 2017, then +82% to 2023.
Saül sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.1%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saül 39.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Saül is 39.3, lower than in 83% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
26% women, 74% men
About 36 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
Saül: 50% of households are one person living alone, above 94% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the French Guiana median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.1 people on average. On couples with children, Saül sits lower than just over half of compared French towns: 25%. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns: 25%
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
69% of residents are immigrants, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Saül comes in at 69%. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saül ranks above 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 46%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Married residents: 30% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 36% of adults out of school have no qualification
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Here 44% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 277 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Saül
What is the population of Saül?
277 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 83% more than in 2012 (151).
How old are Saül’s residents?
The median age is 39.3, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 10% are under 18 and 5.4% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saül?
27, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saül?
INSEE counts 190 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 69% of residents, and 190 foreign nationals (69%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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